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UN rre TATES PATENT Fetea WILLIAM J. CONLON AND HENRY B. KING, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

SPINNING, DOUBLING, AND TWISTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,417, dated March 28, 1882.

* Application filed July 18, 1881. (No modclJ To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM J. GONLON and HENRY B. KING, both of the city of Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Spinning, Doubling, and Twisting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improved spinning, doubling, and twisting machine of simple construction, which combines in one machine the functions of three separate machines heretofore in use, and which is specially designed for the purposes ofspinnin g, doubling, and twisting silk threads.

The invention consists of a revolving spindle which carries on fixed horizontal arms two or more auxiliary bobbin-spindles, which are rotated by transmitting-gearing from a fixed central gear-wheel of the bolster simultaneously as they are revolved with the main spindle. A flier is used in connection with each bobbin, and is stopped by means ofa weighted drop-tension device that is guided in fixed arms at the upper part of the spindle, so as to cause the breaking of the remaining threads when one thread is broken, The thread from each bobbin is carried over guide-pulleys at the upper part of the spindle to the drop-tension, and thence to the Winding-up bobbin.

The .accompanying drawing represents a side elevation of one spindle of our improved spinning, doubling, and twisting machine.

A in the drawing represents the bolster of our improved machine for spinning, doubling, and twisting silk and other threads, and B is a spindle to which rotary motion is imparted by a whirl, B, at the lower part of the same, the spindle revolving in suitable step-bearings of the bolster A.

To the lower part of the spindle B are applied fixed horizontal arms 0, at the outer ends of which are formed bearings for the auxiliary bobbin-spindlesD,which are revolved around their axis by means of transmitting gear-wheelsaa', of which theinner gear-wheels, a a, mesh with a fixed center gear-wheel, a attached rigidly to the top of the bolsterA in such a manner as to encircle the main spindle B. The bobbins D revolve with auxiliary spindles D in the usual manner, and are provided with fliers D which turn on the bobbins and guide the threads through eyes at the upper and lower ends to small pulleys b at the ends of horizontal arms b at the upper part of the main spindle B. From the pulleys B the threads pass through vertically-guided and weighted drop-tensions E to the winding-up roller above. (Not shown in the drawing.) The drop-tensions E are made hook-shaped at their upper ends and weighted at their lower ends, their shanks being guided in perforations of horizontal arms E of the main spindle B below the pulley-supporting arm I), as shown clearly in the drawing. By the revolving action of the bobbins around their axes simultaneously with the revolving action of-themaiu spindle the thread passing from each bobbin is spun and simultaneously doubled and twisted above the drop-tensions. Two, three, or more threads may thus be spun, doubled, and twisted by arranging two, three, or more bobbins upon the supporting-arms of the mainspindle and arranging a corresponding number of drop-tensions and guide-pulleys. machinecombines the functions of three separate machines heretofore in use-to wit, a spinning-machine, a doubling and a twisting machine, and simplifies in this manner con: siderably the machinery necessary (or spinning silk and other threads.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenti l The combinatiomwith a revolving main spindle and frame carrying two or more axiallyrevolving auxiliary bobbin-spindles, of threadguiding devices and verticallyguided and weighted drop-tensions arranged at the upper part cf the main spindle, substantially as specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signed our names in presence of two witnesses this 6th day of June, 1881.

WILLIAM J. GONLON. HENRY B. KING. Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, CARL KARP.

In this manner one 

